> So an EHR is a series of signed, authored messages that can be used in > court. Without the fulfillment of the requirements, the EHR is nothing but > information written in the sand before a wave of the sea washes it away. This is, however, the way medicine worked for thousands of years, and reasonably well, obviously. It is trust that defines the doctor-patient relationship, not proof.
> What an application does with the information on a screen and in its > database is much less relevant from a legal perspective. > What is signed is relevant. Are you suggesting applications should store digitally signed screenshots ? Regards, Karsten Hilbert, MD GnuMed i18n coordinator -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
